Compare and Contrast

Sarah Palin’s speech to the RNC last night provides some great comparisons between the Republican ticket and the Democrat ticket, led by Barack Obama. She warmed up the audience with some great introductory remarks, including one great joke that doesn’t appear in her prepared remarks.

What’s the difference between a hockey mom and a pitbull? (pause)

Lipstick!

The first zinger she got in came when she talked about being mayor of her hometown.

And since our opponents in this presidential election seem to look down on that experience, let me explain to them what the job involves. I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a “community organizer,” except that you have actual responsibilities. I might add that in small towns, we don’t quite know what to make of a candidate who lavishes praise on working people when they are listening, and then talks about how bitterly they cling to their religion and guns when those people aren’t listening.

Advice to BHO, you can’t say one thing when you’re in Scranton, PA and then insult those people when you’re in San Francisco, CA. One other comparison she makes between Barack and John concerns change, one of the big planks in the Democrat platform.

In politics, there are some candidates who use change to promote their careers. And then there are those, like John McCain, who use their careers to promote change. They’re the ones whose names appear on laws and landmark reforms, not just on buttons and banners, or on self-designed presidential seals.

It was a great speech. Palin can be a real attack dog when she gets going. Sarah’s going to be a pitbull with lipstick for the rest of this campaign. She’ll make the Democrats sorry they attacked her family like they did over the past few days.